-The quarantine authorities are additionally investigating whether there are mutations in 7 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) from the UK. These seven include three families of a man in his 80s who died after returning to Korea from England on the 13th. Separately, three family members returning from the UK were confirmed to be infected with the mutant virus.
The quarantine authorities, however, rated the possibility of spreading the corona 19 mutant virus from the UK to local communities low.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 29th, an additional full-length genome analysis of 7 corona19 confirmed cases from the UK is being conducted. According to the results of this analysis, there is a possibility that the number of confirmed corona mutations will increase further.
Previously, the quarantine authorities conducted a full-length genomic analysis of 51 confirmed cases from overseas, and as a result, three confirmed cases from the UK confirmed the COVID-19 mutation. Another 14 confirmed cases from the UK did not show mutations, and the three domestic confirmed cases of the mutant virus were family members of four members of a family who entered Korea on the 22nd. Virus mutations were confirmed in samples taken from two minor children and one parent. A family member of the family who had the COVID-19 mutant virus lived in London at the time of their stay in the UK, and was tested positive at the quarantine station upon entry. The quarantine authorities explained that it was then moved to an quarantine treatment facility and the possibility of leakage to the community was low.
Twelve flight attendants with infected family members on board all tested negative as a result of diagnostic tests.
Yun Tae-ho, head of the Central Accident Control Headquarters of the Ministry of Health and Welfare (hereinafter referred to as the heavy water copy), said, “There are only 3 cases of a mutant virus among those arriving from the UK to date. It is unlikely that it has spread to the community because it was not.”
Sohn Young-rae, head of the Strategic Planning Division, said, “We have confirmed the confirmed cases from the UK through the quarantine process, which is the quarantine management network,” and said, “The'(quarantine)’ means that infection is introduced outside the control network. Evaluated.
Meanwhile, the quarantine authorities extended the deadline for stopping flights departing from the UK by one week until January 7, 2021 as a measure to prevent the influx of the mutant virus. In addition, as mutant viruses have been found in countries other than the UK, diagnostic tests before quarantine will be expanded to all foreign visitors.
Those arriving from South Africa, where a large number of mutant viruses have occurred, are also obligated to submit a’negative gene amplification (PCR) test’, and the subject of submission will be expanded to all immigrants, including Koreans. The issuance of new visas other than diplomatic, public affairs, and humanitarian reasons was also suspended.
(Seoul = News 1)
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